Fourth time lucky for England? – Talking points ahead of Sweden semi-final
England face Sweden on Tuesday for a place in the Euro 2022 final at Wembley five days later.
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PTO Canadian Open: Gustav Iden holds off Kristian Blummenfelt in Norway 1-2 as Alistair Brownlee battles to 24th
Gustav Iden led a Norwegian 1-2 ahead of Kristian Blummenfelt at the Canadian Open on Sunday, while Alistair Brownlee valiantly finished 24th despite evidently struggling during the run of the inaugural PTO Tour event. World and Olympic champion Blummenfelt was initially joined by IRONMAN 70.3 champion Iden in the chasing pack when Henri Schoeman’s led the 2km swim, with GB’s Brownlee close behind. Ad/> Brownlee then shared the lead with France’s Sam Laidlow during the 80km cycle, and the pair held a 1:07 advantage going into the 18km run.
CWG 2022: India's big strengths and how absence of shooting is likely to dent overall medal count
After a record breaking performance at the Tokyo Olympics last year, where they won an unprecedented seven medals including an individual gold by javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, the Indian contingent will be looking to outstrip its performance in the last edition of CWG in the Gold Coast, Australia. India finished third on the medal tally in 2018, behind Australia and England, in 2018 with 66 medals including 26 gold. But their best ever showing at the Games remains the exploits in the home edition in 2010.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis Claims World Pole Vault Title With New World Record
Sweden's Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis completed his medal collection as he dominated the pole vault for world gold in a new world record on Sunday. Olympic champion Duplantis, seeking an elusive first world title, triumphed with a best of 6.21 metres, bettering by 1cm his previous best set when winning gold at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade in March. American Chris Nilsen took silver with a bet of 5.94m on countback from Ernest Obiang, whose bronze was a first world medal of any colour for the Philippines.
France's Mayer wins second world decathlon title
World record holder Kevin Mayer of France regained the decathlon world title with a late comeback on Sunday after the event was blown wide open by an injury to Olympic champion Damian Warner.
Canada's LePage captures silver in world championship decathlon
EUGENE, Ore. — Canada's Pierce LePage captured silver in the decathlon at the world track and field championships on Sunday.
Canadian women defeat Italy in test of rugby powers
A strong second-half performance by a rejuvenated Canadian side gave the hosts a 34-24 victory over Italy in a women's international rugby 15s test match at Starlight Stadium on Sunday afternoon.